40 h. ago Russian state media falls for April Fool's joke claiming Britain will build aircraft carrier called HMS Prince Andrew which can carry 'infinity' jets

Russian channel RT ran the article headlined 'Britain to expand navy due to Russian "threat", following a satirical report by an online military news site.

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67 h. ago Putin propagandist warns Brit troops will 'all die' if they are sent to Ukraine and makes chilling tactical nuke threat in TV rant

Vladimir Solovyov has warned Sir Keir Starmer that any British troops he sends to Ukraine will die amid a new Russian nuclear weapons threat.

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3 d. ago RAF urgently deploys fighter jets to patrol NATO border amid growing Russian threat

RAF Typhoon fighter teams are being sent to cover NATO's flank near Poland to counter increasing Russian aggression in major UK move to help protect Europe from Kremlin threat of attack

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3 d. ago RAF fighter jets to patrol Polish airspace on Nato’s eastern flank

The MoD said British-built Typhoon jets had arrived in eastern Poland on Tuesday from RAF Lossiemouth.

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4 d. ago China and India to face brunt of Trump tariff threat against Russian oil buyers

‘Very angry’ Trump says he will punish all buyers of Russian oil if he believes Putin is scuppering a ceasefire deal on Ukraine

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5 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Trump sanctions threat on Russian oil buyers could hit China, India

Trump threatens Putin over ceasefire; Russia claims it has taken control of a Donetsk village. What we know on day 1,132China and India could be affected if Donald Trump introduces tariffs of 25-50% against countries buying Russian oil, analysts and officials have suggested. Dan Sabbagh reports that the US president told NBC he would impose such measures within a month “if a deal isn’t made, and if I think it was Russia’s fault”, as he vented frustration at Vladimir Putin’s delaying tactics and attempts to discredit Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president.Some countries, including China and India, are not participating in anti-war sanctions against Russian oil. Secondary sanctions or tariffs imposed directly on them by the US could further limit Putin’s access to oil revenue to fund the war. While not joining the international sanctions against Russia, China has been wary about breaching them in case it attracts secondary penalties. Some Chinese banks, for example, have curtail...

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6 d. ago Ukraine ceasefire to increase Russian threat in Baltic region, ministers warn

A stop in fighting would give Moscow time to re-arm and redeploy troops north

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2 w. ago The underground Cold War nuclear bunker in Scotland being used by Army regiments due to Russian threat

Army regiments have applied to train in the Cold War nuclear bunker

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3 w. ago Chilling warning that threat of Russian missile attack on UK 'most stark since Cold War'

A bombshell new report from a UK-based thinktank has warned the country is barely able to protect its own military sites from Russian missiles, let alone major cities

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3 w. ago Poland 'requests US nukes' over Putin invasion fears as WW3 tension grows at NATO border

Polish President Andrzej Duda called on Trump to move American nuclear weapons kept in Western Europe or the US to Poland - in a bid to to deter Russian aggression potentially sparking WW3

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3 w. ago Threat of Russian missile attack on Britain is 'highest since Cold War' with fleet of Putin's rocket

Vladimir Putin 's fleet of rocket-laden submarines and warships off the coast of Norway are posing an acute threat to the UK, a study by a think tank called the Council on Geostrategy has found.

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3 w. ago UK must consider conscription NOW to be ready for war with Russia, warn ex

Ex-Nato officers said it's time to 'wake up' and have thousands of soldiers ready amid the impending Russian threat - fearing an imminent attack that could be just a few years away

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4 w. ago Putin taunts Macron with warning that 'some people forget how Napoleon's Russian campaign ended' after French president called Moscow a 'threat to Europe' and offered nuke protection

Putin's warning came a day after the French leader called Moscow 'a threat to Europe' and raised the idea of putting other countries under France's nuclear umbrella.

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